--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -52,6 +52,27 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP_STR
+#define SYMTAB_KEEP_STR *(__ksymtab_strings.*)
+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD_STR
+#else
+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD_STR *(__ksymtab_strings.*)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP
+#define SYMTAB_KEEP *(__ksymtab.*)
+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD
+#else
+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD *(__ksymtab.*)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL
+#define SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL *(__ksymtab_gpl.*)
+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD_GPL
+#else
+#define SYMTAB_DISCARD_GPL *(__ksymtab_gpl.*)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef SYMBOL_PREFIX
 #define VMLINUX_SYMBOL(sym) sym
 #else
@@ -267,35 +288,35 @@
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal symbols */			\
 	__ksymtab         : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab) = .;			\
-		*(__ksymtab)						\
+		SYMTAB_KEEP						\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab) = .;			\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only symbols */			\
 	__ksymtab_gpl     : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl) = .;		\
-		*(__ksymtab_gpl)					\
+		SYMTAB_KEEP_GPL						\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl) = .;		\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: Normal unused symbols */		\
 	__ksymtab_unused  : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused) = .;		\
-		*(__ksymtab_unused)					\
+		*(__ksymtab_unused.*)					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused) = .;		\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-only unused symbols */		\
 	__ksymtab_unused_gpl : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_unused_gpl) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .;	\
-		*(__ksymtab_unused_gpl)					\
+		*(__ksymtab_unused_gpl.*)				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_unused_gpl) = .;	\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: GPL-future-only symbols */		\
 	__ksymtab_gpl_future : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_gpl_future) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .;	\
-		*(__ksymtab_gpl_future)					\
+		*(__ksymtab_gpl_future.*)				\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___ksymtab_gpl_future) = .;	\
 	}								\
 									\
@@ -336,7 +357,7 @@
 									\
 	/* Kernel symbol table: strings */				\
         __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
-		*(__ksymtab_strings)					\
+		SYMTAB_KEEP_STR						\
 	}								\
 									\
 	/* __*init sections */						\
@@ -660,6 +681,9 @@
 	EXIT_TEXT							\
 	EXIT_DATA							\
 	EXIT_CALL							\
+	SYMTAB_DISCARD							\
+	SYMTAB_DISCARD_GPL						\
+	SYMTAB_DISCARD_STR						\
 	*(.discard)							\
 	*(.discard.*)							\
 	}
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -202,16 +202,24 @@ struct module_use {
 #define __CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE
+#define __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)
+#else
+#define __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym) "." #sym
+#endif
+
 /* For every exported symbol, place a struct in the __ksymtab section */
 #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)				\
 	extern typeof(sym) sym;					\
 	__CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)					\
 	static const char __kstrtab_##sym[]			\
-	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), aligned(1))) \
+	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"		\
+	  __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)), aligned(1)))			\
 	= MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX #sym;                    	\
 	static const struct kernel_symbol __ksymtab_##sym	\
 	__used							\
-	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab" sec), unused))	\
+	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab" sec			\
+	  __EXPORT_SUFFIX(sym)), unused))			\
 	= { (unsigned long)&sym, __kstrtab_##sym }
 
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)					\
